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Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Property in Murray, KY

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Montecito Medical, a leading acquirer of medical office properties nationwide, has acquired a 24,900-square-foot medical office property in Murray, KY.

Key Points: 
  • Montecito Medical, a leading acquirer of medical office properties nationwide, has acquired a 24,900-square-foot medical office property in Murray, KY.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230626831782/en/
    Village Medical Primary Care - Murray, KY (Photo: Business Wire)
    Village Medical Primary Care is the anchor tenant for the property, which is 100% leased.
  • It represents a focal point for the delivery of care in the area,” said Rus Gudnyy, Senior Vice President of Investments at Montecito Medical.
  • Montecito Medical is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies specializing in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and partnering with physicians and developers to fund development of medical real estate.

The 2023 Radiology Practice Development Report: Radiologists Read an Average of 4.7 Subspecialties in Daily Practice; Less than Half of Radiologists Feel "Very Confident"

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

CINCINNATI, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Medality, the leading practice development platform for radiologists and imaging organizations, today announced the release of its 2023 Radiology Practice Development Report. This comprehensive report highlights the most critical training gaps and opportunities in radiology and is based on insights from over 2,700 radiologists across 108 countries.

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  • CINCINNATI, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Medality, the leading practice development platform for radiologists and imaging organizations, today announced the release of its 2023 Radiology Practice Development Report .
  • The report reveals that radiologists are reading across an average of 4.7 subspecialty areas in their daily practice, with 40% reporting they read across all radiology subspecialties.
  • The 2023 Radiology Practice Development Report also finds that confidence levels among current readers in each subspecialty varied widely.
  • Highly experienced radiologists are being asked to read in new areas and new technologies that were not part of their training.

Lundquist Institute Investigators Co-Author Paper in JAMA on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Risk Prediction

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Los Angeles, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Lundquist Institute (TLI) announced today that Jerome Rotter, MD, and Matthew Budoff, MD, two of TLI’s investigators, are co-authors of a paper, “Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Polygenic Risk Score for the Prediction of Coronary Heath Disease Events,” in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association).

Key Points: 
  • Los Angeles, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Lundquist Institute (TLI) announced today that Jerome Rotter, MD, and Matthew Budoff, MD, two of TLI’s investigators, are co-authors of a paper, “Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Polygenic Risk Score for the Prediction of Coronary Heath Disease Events,” in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association).
  • The study assessed whether a coronary artery calcium score was associated with better discrimination than the polygenic risk score for the risk prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle-aged to older adults from the United States and Netherlands.
  • Both tools — polygenic risk and coronary artery calcium — are being used in coronary health disease risk assessment but they have never been directly compared head-to-head.
  • “What we found is an excellent way to identify who is at risk for coronary heart disease in middle-age,” said Dr. Rotter, Lundquist Investigator and Director of the TLI Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences.

TSA is prepared for high travel volumes this Memorial Day weekend and the summer travel season

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Monday, May 22, 2023

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to screen high volumes of passengers at airport security checkpoints nationwide this summer travel season, which begins Memorial Day weekend and runs through Labor Day. The agency forecasts Friday, May 26, to be the busiest day of the long weekend, projecting to screen approximately 2.6 million passengers.

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  • The agency forecasts Friday, May 26, to be the busiest day of the long weekend, projecting to screen approximately 2.6 million passengers.
  • Our strong partnerships with airports and airlines will ensure we are able to anticipate and respond to changes in passenger travel throughout the summer.
  • To continue to modernize airport checkpoints, enhance security effectiveness and efficiency and improve the passenger experience, TSA is deploying new technology solutions nationwide.
  • For those traveling with children this summer, TSA offers kid-friendly videos for children packing for their upcoming trip.

LEADx Launches Motivator™ to Boost Learner Engagement

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Monday, May 22, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LEADx, the leading behavioral change platform for leadership development, engagement, and sales enablement, announced the launch of LEADx Motivator™ today.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LEADx, the leading behavioral change platform for leadership development, engagement, and sales enablement, announced the launch of LEADx Motivator™ today.
  • The LEADx platform combines behavioral science, smart algorithms, and expert insights to dramatically improve leadership behaviors, employee engagement, and productivity.
  • And now, powered by a thoughtful integration with ChatGPT, LEADx Motivator joins an ensemble of other powerful features including:
    The LEADx Assessment Suite: LEADx Big 5, CAT Scan (a 180 manager effectiveness survey), LEADx EQ-i, and more.
  • LEADx iNudge delivers highly-personalized behavioral nudges that drive learner engagement.

Surgalign Announces Release of HOLO™ AI Insights for Neurovascular Research

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Monday, May 8, 2023

HOLO AI, Surgalign’s portfolio of AI technology, utilizes convolutional neural network technology to automatically segment medical images, measure anatomic structures, automate pedicle screw planning, and perform other tasks.

Key Points: 
  • HOLO AI, Surgalign’s portfolio of AI technology, utilizes convolutional neural network technology to automatically segment medical images, measure anatomic structures, automate pedicle screw planning, and perform other tasks.
  • With this latest release, HOLO AI Insights has evolved to now address neurovascular research.
  • The insights generated by these results are believed to have multiple applications in population health, clinical research, and in the future, patient care.
  • Surgalign has partnered with Dr. Brian Jankowitz, a fellowship trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeon, for neurovascular research with HOLO AI Insights.

Maryland Governor Moore Signs RadNet-supported Legislation to Make Follow-up Diagnostic Imaging for Breast and Lung Cancers More Affordable

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), today announced that Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law legislation to improve lung and breast cancer detection and diagnosis in Maryland.

Key Points: 
  • ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), today announced that Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law legislation to improve lung and breast cancer detection and diagnosis in Maryland.
  • House Bill (HB) 815/Senate Bill (SB) 965 and HB 376/SB 184 require state-regulated insurers to waive patient cost-shares for supplemental diagnostic imaging associated with lung and breast cancers, respectively.
  • “It is estimated that we lost more than 2,000 lives to lung cancer and 800 lives to breast cancer last year in the State of Maryland.
  • These bills will help save the lives of Marylanders by eliminating financial barriers to follow-up or supplemental breast and lung cancer imaging.

Infervision Partnership with ConcertAI's TeraRecon brings their Lung CT.AI to Eureka Clinical AI

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eureka Clinical AI platform, from ConcertAI's TeraRecon, now provides clinicians with the state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to analyze lung CT, detect lung abnormalities, and accurately identify and label nodules of different types with the addition of InferRead Lung CT.AI from Infervision.

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  • The screening process involves Low-dose CT (LDCT) scans to determine any presence of lung nodules or early-stage lung disease.
  • "We're very excited to be a part of the TeraRecon AI partner ecosystem and make our InferRead Lung CT.AI solution available to the North American market on the Eureka Clinical AI platform.
  • Eureka Clinical AI is the leading AI SaaS imaging interpretation and clinical decision augmentation solution from ConcertAI's TeraRecon.
  • Learn more about the Eureka Clinical AI platform capabilities and algorithms that span across neurology, radiology, cardiology, oncology, and more: https://www.terarecon.com/artificial-intelligence .

Advancing Precision Care: GE HealthCare Introduces an Innovative Solution to Help Expand Interventional CT Access

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Interventional radiology – and specifically interventional CT – plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Key Points: 
  • Interventional radiology – and specifically interventional CT – plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
  • Instead of working wholly within the CT system’s narrow bore, interventionalists using CT-Navigation can simply place a sensor on the patient inside the gantry.
  • Today, the innovative solution focuses solely on CT applications, but GE HealthCare plans to expand the technology to its image guided therapy (IGT) business in the near future – further advancing its clinical application and reach.
  • Additionally, GE HealthCare is showcasing CT-Navigation at the European Conference on Interventional Oncology (ECIO) in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bell Law Firm and Steele Adams Hosman File Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Following the Death of 19-Year-Old Utah Woman

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

As a result, Gwen rapidly went into respiratory arrest.

Key Points: 
  • As a result, Gwen rapidly went into respiratory arrest.
  • According to Alyssa Wood, an attorney at Steele Adams Hosman, the medication error is a “never event,” the type of medical error that should never occur.
  • “As a result of the overdose,” states Wood, “a young woman lost her life, and two families lost their daughter and eldest sibling.”
    “This is a tragic and egregious case of negligence,” says Lloyd Bell, an attorney at Bell Law Firm.
  • “After bypassing safety protocols, multiple EMS providers administered Gwen a massive overdose of high-risk medication.